Improvement of desulfurization activity in Rhodococcus erythropolis KA2-5-1 by genetic engineering

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 239-246

  Hirasawa, Kazuaki ^a   Ishii, Yoshitaka ^a   Kobayashi, Morio ^a   Koizumi, Kenichi ^a   Maruhashi, Kenji ^a  

^a Petroleum Energy Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desulfurization; Dibenzothiophene; Light gas oil; Plasmid; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELICASE; PROTEIN; REPB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN; SULFUR; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMID; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS; PROTEINS; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFUR; THIOPHENES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0035258448     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.239     Document Type: Article

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